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Vietnam War: Coastal Surveillance & Marines is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes the establishment and deployment of the Coast Guard Squadron One to Vietnam in 1965 to aid in coastal and inland waterway surveillance and patrol as part of the Market Time operation. The Coast Guard quickly mobilized 17 patrol boats which were loaded onto merchant vessels in various US ports in mid-May. Coast Guard Squadron One was then commissioned on May 27, 1965 at Coast Guard Base Alameda in California.
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